Dallas Ranks 2nd in Nation for Coworking Space Offerings

Remote workers in Dallas-Fort Worth looking for coworking space are in luck.

The metroplex ranks second behind Las Angeles in the number of coworking spaces available, according to CoworkingCafe.

There were 279 coworking locations in DFW in the third quarter — a 3 percent increase from the previous quarter. Manhattan trails DFW by just four locations, though the report splits Manhattan and Brooklyn into two cities.

From a square footage perspective, Dallas-Fort Worth ranks fifth in the country (behind Manhattan, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.) with 5.3 million square feet of coworking square footage.

With the pandemic’s disruption of in-person work norms, coworking has become more popular than ever, especially for smaller companies with fewer employees.

But it appears that even coworking spaces can feel the pain of local office market distress.

The national average cost of a coworking membership was $150 per month in the third quarter. The average rate in DFW fell from $198 to $150 per month between the second and third quarters.

As it eked its way out of financial trouble earlier this year, coworking giant WeWork named Dallas a priority market.

The company has two locations in Plano: 7700 Windrose in Legacy West, and 6900 Dallas Parkway. It maintained its presence at 5960 Berkshire Lane in Preston Center, and at 1920 McKinney Avenue in Uptown Dallas.

WeWork also operates 11 outposts of Common Desk, a Dallas-based coworking company that it acquired in 2022.

WeWork recently launched its Coworking Partner Network, through which cowork-ers in DFW can use five additional locations operated by Venture X and Intelligent Office. The Intelligent Office spot is located at 6565 North MacArthur Boulevard in Irving. The Venture X locations are in Dallas, Grapevine, Allen and Lewisville.